PT-2019-7776 · WordPress · Wordpress+1

Published 2019-09-17 · Updated 2019-09-18 · CVE-2016-10983

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions WordPress ghost plugin versions prior to 0.5.6

Description The issue concerns a lack of access control in the ghost plugin for WordPress, allowing unauthorized downloads of exported data through the "wp-admin/tools.php?ghostexport=true" endpoint.

Recommendations For versions prior to 0.5.6, update to version 0.5.6 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

Improper Authentication

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-287

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-10983

Affected Products

Wordpress

Ghost Plugin

References · 5

• 🔥 https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136887 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-10983 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10983 · Security Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-10983 · Note
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/ghost/#developers · Note